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<p class="p1">Sports teams using the nickname “Redskins” are coming under increased pressure nationally to abandon the name. As Ben Adler reports from Sacramento, a bill at the state Capitol would make California the first state to ban public schools from using “Redskins” as their nickname or mascot.</p><p class="p3">The NFL’s Washington Redskins are the most prominent sports team with the nickname that Native Americans say is offensive. But they’re not alone. Public schools in many states have Redskins mascots. All face growing pressure to change their names.</p>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:47:42 +0000Ben Adler - Capital Public Radio49952 at http://kvpr.org"Redskins" Bill Advances In California LegislatureDyer Hopes New Panel Will Build Trust With Local Youthhttp://kvpr.org/post/dyer-hopes-new-panel-will-build-trust-local-youth
<p>A local police department is hoping community outreach can help prevent distrust of law enforcement in the wake of violence in Ferguson, Missouri. FM89’s Joe Moore reports.</p><p>Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says he wants to improve communication and trust between his officers and young people. That’s why he announced a plan Wednesday to create a new youth advisory panel for the department.</p><blockquote><p><em>Dyer: “We never want to be viewed as an occupying force, we want to be viewed as a department that cares about the people we’re serving.”</em></p>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:22:22 +0000Joe Moore45751 at http://kvpr.orgDyer Hopes New Panel Will Build Trust With Local YouthCommentary: When Grand Juries Fail, Civil Courts Should Hold Cops Liablehttp://kvpr.org/post/commentary-when-grand-juries-fail-civil-courts-should-hold-cops-liable
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">In this edition of Valley Public Radio’s commentary series The Moral Is Ida Jones, a professor of Business Law at Fresno State, argues that civil remedies may be the only recourse to reduce the number of police killings of young African American males when criminal indictments fail to do so.</span></p><p>----</p>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:10:29 +0000Ida Jones43562 at http://kvpr.orgCommentary: When Grand Juries Fail, Civil Courts Should Hold Cops LiableCommentary: Racial Bias In Policing Makes Those 'Living While Black' Nervous And Afraid http://kvpr.org/post/commentary-racial-bias-policing-makes-those-living-while-black-nervous-and-afraid
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">What happens if you do all the right things as you pursue the American dream? You graduate from high school. Then college. You work for one employer 25 years, rising from administrative assistant to training director. You get married, and when it doesn’t work out, on your own you raise your children to become self-sufficient. You even exercise and eat right. Shouldn’t you be able to take a walk during your work break without incident?</span></p>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 23:02:27 +0000Ida Jones38846 at http://kvpr.orgCommentary: Racial Bias In Policing Makes Those 'Living While Black' Nervous And Afraid Yosemite's 'Buffalo Soldiers' Inspire Ranger Shelton Johnson, African Americans http://kvpr.org/post/yosemites-buffalo-soldiers-inspire-ranger-shelton-johnson-african-americans
<p class="p1">One hundred years ago this summer, a group of U.S. Army cavalry soldiers left the Presidio in San Francisco, and made the hot dusty trek across the San Joaquin Valley to both Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. Veterans of the Spanish American War, were charged with protecting the new national parks from poachers, timber thieves, and with building park infrastructure. They were in essence America's first park rangers.&nbsp;</p>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:36:59 +0000Joe Moore17685 at http://kvpr.orgYosemite's 'Buffalo Soldiers' Inspire Ranger Shelton Johnson, African Americans USDA to Give Hispanic and Female Farmers More Time to File Discrimination Claimshttp://kvpr.org/post/usda-give-hispanic-and-female-farmers-more-time-file-discrimination-claims
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Decades of discriminatory practices by the U.S. Department of Agriculture against women and Hispanic farmers are playing out in a $1.3 billion claims process. </span>FM89’s<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Rebecca </span>Plevin<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> reports on a new deadline for those who allege discrimination.</span></p><p>For around 20 years, critics say the USDA’s farm loan program denied applicants because of their gender or race, and gave white male farmers preferential treatment in their dealings with the agency.</p>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:55:58 +0000Rebecca Plevin13758 at http://kvpr.orgUSDA to Give Hispanic and Female Farmers More Time to File Discrimination ClaimsHow Jackie Robinson Almost Became A Fresno State Bulldoghttp://kvpr.org/post/how-jackie-robinson-almost-became-fresno-state-bulldog
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Before he broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson nearly wound up as multi-sport star for the Fresno State Bulldogs.</span></p><p>In a move that would likely run afoul of today's NCAA recruiting regulations, the school offered the star a number of incentives in an attempt to lure Robinson to the campus, including a new set of tires for his aging 1931 Plymouth.</p>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:12:43 +0000Joe Moore13537 at http://kvpr.orgHow Jackie Robinson Almost Became A Fresno State BulldogNew Memoir By Bakersfield's Doug Davis Recalls Turbulent Desegregation Battle http://kvpr.org/post/new-memoir-bakersfields-doug-davis-recalls-turbulent-desegregation-battle
<p>Most people know Bakersfield's Doug Davis as one of the San Joaquin Valley's top jazz musicians and educators. And while he's written music ranging from jazz to classical, his latest project takes him away from the keyboard of his grand piano, and instead to a keyboard of a different sort.&nbsp;</p>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:03:01 +0000Joe Moore7679 at http://kvpr.orgNew Memoir By Bakersfield's Doug Davis Recalls Turbulent Desegregation Battle On Valley Edition; Maricopa Scandal; Racial Profiling; Soul Food Festivalhttp://kvpr.org/post/valley-edition-maricopa-scandal-racial-profiling-soul-food-festival
<p>On this Valley Edition, we look at the big problems facing the small Kern County city of Maricopa, we examine the controversial issue of racial profiling, and find out about an upcoming soul food festival at Fresno&#39;s African American Historical and Cultural Museum.</p>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:52:55 +0000Juanita Stevenson1206 at http://kvpr.org